Law and Candor

In the very first episode of season seven, co-hosts Bill Mariano and Rob Hellewell, introduce themselves and welcome listeners back for another riveting season of Law & Candor, the podcast wholly devoted to pursuing the legal technology revolution. They note that in celebration of Women’s History Month (March), season seven will feature an all-female guest speaker lineup exploring industry hot topics, as well as key tactics for championing the career growth of females within the space.

To kick things off, Bill and Rob begin with Sightings of Radical Brilliance, the part of the show highlighting the latest news of noteworthy innovation and acts of sheer genius. In this episode, they dive into a recent article written by Ayang Macdonald for BiometricUpdate.com that discusses Aratek’s new biometric finger scanner with enhanced security. Bill and Rob discuss this new fingerprint scanning technology and what it (and other tech like it) could mean for the future of the legal space. 

For the guest speaker segment of the show, Bill and Rob bring on Stacy Ybarra of Lighthouse to discuss diversity in ediscovery and how diverse hiring practices can lead to a more innovative workforce via the following questions:

• How does diversity feed innovation in ediscovery?
• What are some of the key ways diversity impacts organizations directly? 
• How does leading with empathy and inclusion make an impact?
• What are some best practices for those looking to champion diversity within their organization and the industry through employee resource groups?
• What advice would you give to other women in the ediscovery industry looking to move their careers forward?

Our co-hosts wrap up the episode with a few key takeaways. If you enjoyed the show, learn more about our speakers and subscribe on the podcast homepage, rate us on Apple and Stitcher, and join in the conversation on Twitter.

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About Law & Candor

Law & Candor is a podcast wholly devoted to pursuing the legal technology revolution. Co-hosts Bill Mariano and Rob Hellewell explore the impacts and possibilities that new technology is creating by streamlining workflows for ediscovery, compliance, and information governance. To learn more about the show and our speakers, visit the podcast homepage.

In the second episode of season seven, co-hosts Bill Mariano and Rob Hellewell kick off the show with Sightings of Radical Brilliance. In this episode, they review a recent NY Times article written by Brian Chen that focuses on the tech that will invade our lives in 2021.

Next, they bring on Julie Johnson of Align who answers the following questions around innovation in legal operations: 

• How has Covid impacted legal departments and budgets in general? 
• Why did this bring about the need to focus on innovation and automation?
• What are some of the newer innovations/solutions you are seeing your fellow legal operations peers adopt?
• What recommendations would you share with those looking to adopt technology and drive efficiency?
• What advice would you give to other women in the ediscovery industry looking to move their careers forward?

Our co-hosts wrap up the episode with a few key takeaways. If you enjoyed the show, learn more about our speakers and subscribe on the podcast homepage, rate us on Apple and Stitcher, and join in the conversation on Twitter.

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About Law & Candor

Law & Candor is a podcast wholly devoted to pursuing the legal technology revolution. Co-hosts Bill Mariano and Rob Hellewell explore the impacts and possibilities that new technology is creating by streamlining workflows for ediscovery, compliance, and information governance. To learn more about the show and our speakers, visit the podcast homepage.

In the final episode of season seven, co-hosts Bill Mariano and Rob Hellewell review an article that covers how big tech mergers and acquisitions will drive a busier 2021 for deal lawyers and how these impacts may be seen.

The co-hosts then bring on Kristin Sanford of Weil to discuss a related topic – the impacts and changes to the antitrust scene with the new administration via the following questions: 

• What are some of the changes brought about by the new administration?
• How are those making an impact and/or creating change?
• How do these changes impact how folks manage antitrust matters? 
• What recommendations do you have for folks dealing with these challenges?
• What advice would you give to other women in the antitrust industry looking to move their careers forward?

The season ends with key takeaways from the guest speaker section. If you enjoyed the show, learn more about our speakers and subscribe on the podcast homepage, rate us on Apple and Stitcher, and join in the conversation on Twitter.

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About Law & Candor

Law & Candor is a podcast wholly devoted to pursuing the legal technology revolution. Co-hosts Bill Mariano and Rob Hellewell explore the impacts and possibilities that new technology is creating by streamlining workflows for ediscovery, compliance, and information governance. To learn more about the show and our speakers, visit the podcast homepage.

Law & Candor co-hosts Bill Mariano and Rob Hellewell kick things off with Sightings of Radical Brilliance, in which they discuss the growing use of emotion recognition in tech in China and how this could lead to some challenges in the legal space down the road. 

In this episode, Bill and Rob are joined by Moira Errick of Bausch Health. The three of them discuss common AI and analytics use cases for corporations via the following questions:

• What types of AI and analytics tools are you using and for what use cases?
• What is ICR and how you have been leveraging this internally?
• What additional use cases are you hoping to use AI and analytics for in the future?
• What are some best practices to keep in mind when leveraging AI and analytics tools?
• What recommendations do you have for those trying to get their team on board?
• What advice would you give to other women in the ediscovery industry looking to move their careers forward?

In conclusion, our co-hosts end the episode with key takeaways. If you enjoyed the show, learn more about our speakers and subscribe on the podcast homepage, rate us on Apple and Stitcher, and join in the conversation on Twitter.

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About Law & Candor

Law & Candor is a podcast wholly devoted to pursuing the legal technology revolution. Co-hosts Bill Mariano and Rob Hellewell explore the impacts and possibilities that new technology is creating by streamlining workflows for ediscovery, compliance, and information governance. To learn more about the show and our speakers, visit the podcast homepage.

In the fourth episode of the seventh season, co-hosts Bill Mariano and Rob Hellewell discuss why diversity in AI is important and how this could impact legal outcomes and decisions. 

Next, they introduce their guest speaker, Jamie Brown of Lighthouse, who uncovers key strategies to keep up with the constant flow of Microsoft 365 software updates. Jamie answers the following questions (and more) in this episode:

• What are some of the common challenges associated with M365’s rapid software updates?
• How do these constant updates lead to compliance risks?
• What are some best practices for overcoming these challenges?
• What recommendations would you pass along to those who are experiencing these challenges?
• What advice would you give to other women in the ediscovery industry looking to move their careers forward?

Our co-hosts wrap up the episode with a few key takeaways. If you enjoyed the show, learn more about our speakers and subscribe on the podcast homepage, rate us on Apple and Stitcher, and join in the conversation on Twitter.

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About Law & Candor

Law & Candor is a podcast wholly devoted to pursuing the legal technology revolution. Co-hosts Bill Mariano and Rob Hellewell explore the impacts and possibilities that new technology is creating by streamlining workflows for ediscovery, compliance, and information governance. To learn more about the show and our speakers, visit the podcast homepage.

Bill Mariano and Rob Hellewell kick off episode 3 with another segment of Sightings of Radical Brilliance, where they discuss Anis Uzzaman’s Inc.com article that dives into 2021 business and technology trends. Bill and Rob review these trends and discuss how they will have an impact on the space.

Next, Bill and Rob chat with Royce Cohen of Lighthouse about key ways to efficiently and defensibly address Microsoft Teams data. In this interview, Royce uncovers the answers to the following questions: 

• How do you achieve a balance between encouraging collaboration amongst colleagues and the ediscovery impact of that collaboration? 
• What are some of the challenges associated with the rise in Teams data?
• How do you overcome those challenges?
• How do organizations ensure they are overcoming those challenges efficiently and defensibly? 
• What advice would you give to other women in the ediscovery industry looking to move their careers forward?

Our co-hosts wrap up the episode with a few key takeaways. If you enjoyed the show, learn more about our speakers and subscribe on the podcast homepage, rate us on Apple and Stitcher, and join in the conversation on Twitter.

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About Law & Candor

Law & Candor is a podcast wholly devoted to pursuing the legal technology revolution. Co-hosts Bill Mariano and Rob Hellewell explore the impacts and possibilities that new technology is creating by streamlining workflows for ediscovery, compliance, and information governance. To learn more about the show and our speakers, visit the podcast homepage.

This episode is a recording of the Law & Candor Live eDiscovery Day webinar. In this episode, co-hosts Bill Mariano and Rob Hellewell kick things off by discussing the first-ever AI Santa Claus in the midst of COVID-19.

The co-hosts then bring on Zach Warren of Legaltech News, Ryan O'Leary of IDC and Chris Dahl of Lighthouse to answer to following questions:

• What are the top trends of 2020?
• How do you overcome common challenges of key trends in 2020?
• With these trends in mind, how do you prepare for 2021?
• Will the pandemic have lasting effects on the ediscovery space?
• Will this permanently affect how data collections are done?
• How to prepare for RIFs?

Subscribe to the show here, rate us on Apple and Stitcher, connect with us on Twitter, and discover more about our speakers and the show here.

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About Law & Candor

Law & Candor is a podcast wholly devoted to pursuing the legal technology revolution. Co-hosts Bill Mariano and Rob Hellewell explore the impacts and possibilities that new technology is creating by streamlining workflows for ediscovery, compliance, and information governance. To learn more about the show and our speakers, click here.

In the fourth episode of the sixth season, co-hosts Bill Mariano and Rob Hellewell discuss how GDPR and AI can ensure data protection during their sightings segment. 

Next, they introduce their guest speaker, Nick Schreiner of Lighthouse, who uncovers key ways to tackle modern attachment and link challenges in G-Suite, Teams, and Slack. Nick answers the following questions (and more) in this episode:

• What are the common challenges around modern attachments and links in ediscovery?
• How do attachments in these tools differ from traditional email?
• What strategies can folks put in place to manage these challenges? 

Our co-hosts wrap up the episode with a few key takeaways. If you enjoyed the show, subscribe here, rate us on Apple and Stitcher, join in the conversation on Twitter, and discover more about our speakers and the show here.

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About Law & Candor

Law & Candor is a podcast wholly devoted to pursuing the legal technology revolution. Co-hosts Bill Mariano and Rob Hellewell explore the impacts and possibilities that new technology is creating by streamlining workflows for ediscovery, compliance, and information governance. To learn more about the show and our speakers, click here.

In the very first episode of season six, co-hosts Bill Mariano and Rob Hellewell, introduce themselves and welcome listeners back for another season of Law & Candor, the podcast wholly devoted to pursuing the legal technology revolution.

To kick things off, Bill and Rob begin with Sightings of Radical Brilliance, the part of the show where they discuss the latest news of noteworthy innovation and acts of sheer genius. In this episode, they dive into a recent article from ITPro.com that discusses the increase in insider data breaches with the remote work shift. 

For the guest speaker segment of the show, Bill and Rob bring on Jerry Bui of Lighthouse to discuss cellular 5G and how it could lead to more fraud and misconduct risk via the following key questions:

• How does 5G lead to fraud and misconduct? 
• What insider threats are there (i.e. shadow IT, encrypted messages, etc.)?
• What about outsider threats (i.e. outside of IT’s purview, data breaches, hacking, etc.)?
• How does this impact compliance programs? 
• How does one overcome 5G challenges? 
• Are there other recommended best practices related to this topic?

The episode wraps up with key takeaways. If you enjoyed the show, subscribe here, rate us on Apple and Stitcher, join in the conversation on Twitter, and discover more about our speakers and the show here.

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About Law & Candor

Law & Candor is a podcast wholly devoted to pursuing the legal technology revolution. Co-hosts Bill Mariano and Rob Hellewell explore the impacts and possibilities that new technology is creating by streamlining workflows for ediscovery, compliance, and information governance. To learn more about the show and our speakers, click here.

In the second episode of season six, co-hosts Bill Mariano and Rob Hellewell kick off the show with Sightings of Radical Brilliance. In this episode, they review a recent trends analysis article written by Lighthouse’s very own John Shaw for The Lawyer that dives into new sources of evidentiary data in employment disputes. 

Next, they bring on Melina Efstathiou of Eversheds Sutherland who answers questions around cross-border data transfers and the EU-US data privacy challenges outlined below:

• What does the surprise decision to invalidate the EU-US Privacy Shield mean for ediscovery?
• How does this impact other data transfer mechanisms? 
• What are some of the implications that Brexit could have?
• Are there any key tips for preparing for the future of cross-border ediscovery?

Our co-hosts wrap up the episode with a few key takeaways. If you enjoyed the show, subscribe here, rate us on Apple and Stitcher, join in the conversation on Twitter, and discover more about our speakers and the show here.

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About Law & Candor

Law & Candor is a podcast wholly devoted to pursuing the legal technology revolution. Co-hosts Bill Mariano and Rob Hellewell explore the impacts and possibilities that new technology is creating by streamlining workflows for ediscovery, compliance, and information governance. To learn more about the show and our speakers, click here.